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American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Anthropology
Asset ID
ptc-3993
Title
Cup, gourd with engraved artwork and lettering by Songo, Azande (Zande) people of Africa
Description
This engraved gourd signed by the Zande artist Chief Songo depicts colonial life, with soldiers, knives, and an African man drinking coffee. Lang wrote of this artist, "He is said to be able to copy pictures from humoristic magazines" (1937).
Materials: Gourd, pigment.
Agent (Role)
Chief Songo
(
Artist
),
Gardiner, Lynton
(
Photographer
),
Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957
(
Collector
)
Date
1913 (collected), 1990 (photographed)
Artwork/Object Type
Containers
,
Engravings
,
Equipment
Physical dimensions
L:13.5 W:13 H:11.5 (in CM)
City Town
Poko
State Province
Lower Uele
Country
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Is Part Of
African reflections : art from northeastern Zaire
,
Division of Anthropology, African Ethnographic Collection
Collection/Work Relation
AMNH Special Collections, Photographic Transparency Collection, 4 x 5: 3993
Department Catalog Number(s)
90.1/4313
Rights statement
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Repository
American Museum of Natural History
Publication History
Schildkrout, Enid, Curtis A Keim, Curtis A Keim, American Museum of Natural History, and American Museum of Natural History. 1990. African Reflections : Art from Northeastern Zaire. Seattle: University of Washington Press, p. 253.
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